Deuteronomy 20:18

Catholic Public Domain Version

Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:3

And he turned away. And he built up the high places that his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. And he erected altars to Baal, and he made sacred groves, just as Ahab, the king of Israel, had done. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them.

Exodus 23:32

You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you."

Exodus 34:12

Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be your ruin.

Exodus 34:16

Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Because of this, you must depart from their midst and be separate, says the Lord. And do not touch what is unclean.

Ephesians 5:11

And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.

Deuteronomy 18:19

But against anyone who is not willing to listen to his words, which he will speak in my name, I will stand forth as the avenger.

Deuteronomy 18:9

When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.

Deuteronomy 20:17

Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 20:19

When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

But if anyone does not obey our word by this epistle, take note of him and do not keep company with him, so that he may be ashamed.

1 Timothy 6:5

the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mind and deprived of truth, who consider profit to be piety.

Joshua 23:13

even now, know this: that the Lord your God will not wipe them away before your face. Instead, they shall be a pit and a snare to you, and a stumbling block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you.

Judges 2:3

For this reason, I am not willing to destroy them before your face, so that you may have enemies, and so that their gods may be your ruin."